soqur çegi
/soqur tʃeɡi/
Literal translation
blind intestine
Intended meaning
The vermiform appendix; the small blind-ended pouch of the human gut.
- Anı [Azretni] oneki jılı da tolğunçu, anası soqur çegiden öldü.Before [Azret] had even turned twelve, their mother died of the appendix.
- «Soqur çegisi bolmağan adam jaşayallıqmıdı?» – dep frantsuzlu vraçha sorğanlarında, ol: «Adam jaşar edi, alay hirurg a uğay», – dep juwaplağandı.When a French doctor was asked, "Can a person live without an appendix?", the doctor answered, "A person could live, but not a surgeon."
Variants
- soqur içegi (karachay)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 410